Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop - May 1, 2024

 

Welcome to the Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop!  We are so glad that you stopped by.

Here you will find inspiration from dozens of bloggers including recipes, home DIY, gardening, decor, family fun, traveling, fitness, and so much more.

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If you are a blogger, then be sure to link up below. You may be our next feature! 

Before we get this party started, let’s meet the hosts and check out this week’s featured favorites.

MEET THE HOSTS

1. Bev – ECLECTIC RED BARN | FB | IG | PINTEREST
2. Penny – PENNY’S PASSION | FB | IG | PINTEREST
3. Sinea – DUCKS ‘N A ROW | FB | IG | PINTEREST | TWITTER
4. Tammy – MY LIFE ABUNDANT | FB | IG | PINTEREST | TWITTER
5. Tara – STILETTOS AND SHIPLAP | IG | PINTEREST
6. Denise –THISISMYEVERYBODY | FB | IG | PINTEREST | TWITTER

TOP VIEWED

Fresh Spring Tablescape

VERY POPULAR

Wood Box with Glass Bottles

Book Review | The Evolution of Annabel Craig

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Strawberry Pudding

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Five on Friday - April 26, 2024

Here we are at Friday!  This has been a whirlwind week for me.  I traveled to New Orleans on Monday for a work trip and am not headed home until Sunday.  Luckily, I'm here with some awesome work people and our hotel is amazing.  Still, I'll be glad to get home!  Somehow I managed to get my five things ready for the blog today.  So with no further ado, here's this week's Five on Friday ~

1.  Independent Bookstore Day

Tomorrow, April 27, is National Independent Bookstore Day.  I love independent bookstores!  I've recently made it a practice to seek out an independent bookstore when I visit a new city.  We saw a stellar bookstore in Savannah, Georgia last year called E. Shaver and another one on Washington Island, Wisconsin named Fair Isle Books.  In St. Louis, I love visiting The Novel Neighbor.  What's your favorite independent bookstore where you live?  If you pop in an independent bookstore on Saturday and are looking for a book, Emily Henry's newest book, Funny Story, released this week.  Her books make great beach reads!

2.  Pioneer Woman's Collection

Walmart is running a great sale on most of their Pioneer Woman's collection.  Great time to pick up something for yourself, a Mother's Day gift, or a wedding shower present.  A couple of my favorites are the whimsical mixing bowl set is only $14.98 and the muffin pan is marked down to $8.22!

3.  Nowhere Special

Nowhere Special is opening today and it looks so moving!  It also looks like one of those movies where you'll want to bring your tissues.  If you're a Grantchester fan, you'll recognize the leading actor James Norton.  Here's the summary ~

A 35-year-old window cleaner who has dedicated his life to raising his young son on his own searches for the perfect replacement family when he learns he only has months left to live.

4.  Silk Pajamas

I ordered a pair of silk pajamas for my trip and have totally fallen in love with them.  I'll be honest, I chose silk pajamas because I thought they would be thin and would fold up pretty tiny in my suitcase.  They did fold up tiny and took up hardly any room in my suitcase, but they are also so, so comfortable!  And so, so soft!  Get a pair for yourself and grab some as a Mother's Day gift!  They come in a million colors too.

Available HERE

5.  Just thinking...

Have an awesome weekend!  I'll be mixing a little work and a little fun here in New Orleans.  See you next week!

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop - April 24, 2024

 

Welcome to the Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop!  We are so glad that you stopped by.

Here you will find inspiration from dozens of bloggers including recipes, home DIY, gardening, decor, family fun, traveling, fitness, and so much more.

A friendly reminder to our guests that as a courtesy to the hosts, we ask that you follow every host on at least one social media channel.

If you are a blogger, then be sure to link up below. You may be our next feature! 

Before we get this party started, let’s meet the hosts and check out this week’s featured favorites.

MEET THE HOSTS

1. Bev – ECLECTIC RED BARN | FB | IG | PINTEREST
2. Penny – PENNY’S PASSION | FB | IG | PINTEREST
3. Sinea – DUCKS ‘N A ROW | FB | IG | PINTEREST | TWITTER
4. Tammy – MY LIFE ABUNDANT | FB | IG | PINTEREST | TWITTER
5. Tara – STILETTOS AND SHIPLAP | IG | PINTEREST
6. Denise –THISISMYEVERYBODY | FB | IG | PINTEREST | TWITTER

TOP VIEWED

Easy Seasoned Hamburgers

VERY POPULAR

Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese

Slushy Margaritas

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Easy Strawberry Shortcake

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Five on Friday - April 19, 2024

Friday rolled around super fast this week!  I'm getting ready to go on a week-long work trip and, boy, the last few days went by way, way too quickly.  Let's see what five things I managed to put together for today ~

1.  The Tortured Poets Department

Remember back on February 4 at the Grammy's when Taylor Swift announced she was going to released a new album?  Well, today is the day!  The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor's eleventh album, is out for all to hear!  The album is comprised of 17 songs,  two of which are duets.  One of the duets is with Post Malone and the other with Florence and the Machines.  Can't wait to take a listen!

Available HERE

2.  National Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet Day

Make the most of this national day - clean out those medicine cabinets!  Get rid of all those leftover drugs you knew were supposed to finish, but didn't.  Expired aspirin?  Today's the day to toss it out!  But disposing of unwanted drugs isn't as easy as flushing them down the toilet, possibly contaminating the water supply.  Instead, use a handy drug and deactivation disposal kit!  

3.  Funny Story by Emily Henry

Emily Henry's newest book releases next Tuesday!  I'm going to preorder it as a gift to myself for working so hard and being away from home.  I loved her book titled Book Lovers and I'm hoping to like this one just as much.  Here's the summary ~

Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it…right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.

Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra’s ex, Miles Nowak.

Scruffy and chaotic—with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads —Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she’s either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them?

But it’s all just for show, of course, because there’s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex…right?

Available HERE

4.  Hard Miles

If we have a spare minute this weekend, I'd love to catch a movie.  Hard Miles is opening today and it sounds pretty inspirational.  Here's the summary ~

A strong-willed social worker at a youth prison assembles a cycling team of teenage convicts and takes them on a transformative 1000-mile ride. Inspired by the life of Greg Townsend and the Ridgeview Academy Cycling Team. This is the story of how these troubled young men found another gear.

5. Think about it...

Enjoy your weekend! It's supposed to be a little chilly here so I doubt we will be doing a lot outside. Hope to see you back next week!

Let's Go Places Tiered Tray

It's Thursday and I'm so happy you stopped by to see what I'm thinking out loud about today! I'm excited to share our latest tier-tray design.  

I had been antsy to find a new theme and when I saw these travel things at Michael's I knew I'd found it!  

We printed wallet-size pictures from a few trips we have taken with our son and daughter-in-law.  They added a personal touch to each tier of the tray!

A gold plated airplane tops off the tray!

The large print in the back of the window screams "Let's Go Places".

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Rounding out the window is a globe reminding us of all the places around the world we would love to visit.

Seeing the pictures from previous vacations definitely puts a smile on my face every time I look at the window.  I'm already thinking of additional pictures I want to add to the window! 

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Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop - April 17, 2025

 Welcome to the Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop!  We are so glad that you stopped by.

Here you will find inspiration from dozens of bloggers including recipes, home DIY, gardening, decor, family fun, traveling, fitness, and so much more.

A friendly reminder to our guests that as a courtesy to the hosts, we ask that you follow every host on at least one social media channel.

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Before we get this party started, let’s meet the hosts and check out this week’s featured favorites.

MEET THE HOSTS

1. Bev – ECLECTIC RED BARN | FB | IG | PINTEREST
2. Penny – PENNY’S PASSION | FB | IG | PINTEREST
3. Sinea – DUCKS ‘N A ROW | FB | IG | PINTEREST | TWITTER
4. Tammy – MY LIFE ABUNDANT | FB | IG | PINTEREST | TWITTER
5. Tara – STILETTOS AND SHIPLAP | IG | PINTEREST
6. Denise –THISISMYEVERYBODY | FB | IG | PINTEREST | TWITTER

TOP VIEWED

Pineapple Bread Pudding

Free Printable Books I've Read Tracker

VERY POPULAR

Crescent Roll Peach Dumplings

DIY Repurpose Thrifted Glass

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Sparkling Limoncello Cooler

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Five on Friday - April 12, 2024

What a week!  We kicked off the week on Monday with an eclipse party!  It was such a fun day and I'm already looking forward to the next eclipse coming through here in 2045.  

Now we're suddenly at Friday already and it's time for Five on Friday!

1.  Recycle Your Eclipse Glasses

Are you hanging on to a pair or two of those sexy eclipse glasses?  Want to put them to good use?  Recycle them!  Astronomers Without Borders is collecting them to redistribute to other parts of the world that will be experiencing an eclipse.  Click HERE for a list of collection partners that will vet and store your used glasses.  

2.  Dairy Queen New Dipped Cone Flavors

Dairy Queen is making summer even sweeter this year with their new and returning cone flavors!  You can pick from the confetti dipped cone, cherry dipped cone or the not-so-secret peanut brittle crunch cone.  All of them sound pretty delicious to me!  Which one do you want to try?

3.  Stanley Mother's Day Quencher

Stanley just released three new cups that, for the first time, are flanking a beautiful floral design.  They are here just in time for Mother's Day!  The quencher comes in frost, sherbet (shown below) and blue spruce.  You can pick from the 30-ounce or 40-ounce sizes too.  As of this moment, they are all available at the Stanley website but act fast if you want one because you know how quickly these things sell out!

4.  LaRoy, Texas

Laroy, Texas looks like one of those movies that is the perfect blend of silliness and suspense.  And one that both Eric and I will enjoy!  It opens today and is definitely going on my to-be-watched list.  Here's the summary ~

Broke and depressed, Ray (John Magaro) is mistaken for a dangerous hitman and given an envelope of cash. Along with his P.I. friend Skip (Steve Zahn), he must escape the actual hitman to make it out of LaRoy alive.

5.  Thought...

Have a fantastic weekend!  The weather is supposed to warm up here and I'm looking forward to spending a bit of time outside.  I also have a new project I'm working on.  My friend Debbie and I are launching a card-making endeavor.  She's a great watercolor painter!  I'm using her original painting to make cards.  Hopefully we'll have some together in time for Mother's Day.  See you back next week!

Sedona Girls' Trip - Day 4

Welcome to Thinking Out Loud Thursday where I talk about something I'm thinking about and invite you to link up and do the same.  Today I'm wrapping up a recent trip to Sedona.

We woke on our last day in Sedona to another cold, cloudy day.  On the agenda for the day was going to a vortex, visiting the Chapel of the Holy Cross, and stopping at the Montezuma Well on our way back to Phoenix.  

On the way to those places, I had to snap a picture of the McDonald's in Sedona.  Notice something different?  It's one of the seven McDonald's that does not have golden arches! 

If you look up things to do in Sedona, you will see a lot about energy vortexes.  These are referred to as energy centers or power spots.  Now, I'll be honest - I didn't feel any superpowers when we were standing by the vortex, but the scenery was absolutely gorgeous!

From the vortex, we headed to the Chapel of the Holy Cross.  The chapel was completed in 1956 after 18 months of construction.  This place was so beautiful!  Nestled at the top of a hill, the church is listed as one of the ten most beautiful churches around the world according to Architectural Digest.  

Inside is as stunning as the outside.  When you stand on the brass plate of feet and look up, you see Jesus looking right down into your eyes.  So, so moving!

The day was winding down and we were spending the night in Phoenix before flying out the next day.  On our way from Sedona to Phoenix, we stopped at Montezuma Well.  This place was a bit disappointing to me.  Not as beautiful in real life as the picture lead us to believe it would be.  

Our final dinner of the trip was at Roaring Fork.  Great way to end a girls' trip!  If you missed the other summaries from the trip, click the day to see what we did ~

Day 1          Day 2          Day 3

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